Stories

Benji is invited to an exclusive retreat for incoming high-school freshmen.

Malcolm Turner is very happy living in the countryside, building custom furniture and nursing his ancient and decrepit Land Rover back to life on a regular basis. The love of his life left him for the city, but back luck comes in threes, and Malcolm is about to find out what else the universe has in store for him this winter.

Time to tell my own story.

Miah's in a jam. He can't work his stake, but if he doesn't accept his precious cattle, already paid for with nearly all the money he had to his name, he could lose everything. Lisco and Moshe still want him, and are willing to do just about anything to convince Miah they're serious. Will he let them help him out, or will he let pride ruin everything?

On a hike up the creek to a waterfall, Benji finds an unusual treasure.

Boston boy Liam gets a bit drunk and disorderly on his sixteenth birthday, and in response his parents move their entire life to La Fayette, Georgia. Stuck in the middle of nowhere with no friends and nothing to do, Liam needs to learn how have fun outside of the city. After all, there's always something goin' down in a nothin' town.

Being the oldest and growing up in a large family can be hard, especially when you are gay and the family is extremely homophobic. You are constantly being compared to your deceased father. A man whose stature and deeds are always increasing, as time goes by, and are held up as your goals. Anytime you reach those goals, your mother moves the goalpost further away.

You never seem to measure up. You are always being told that you are worthless and will never amount to anything since you cannot measure up to your father. It never mattered that you were a straight "A" student and that you were an athlete.

Oliver is an Asian American teenager who struggles with his sexuality as he falls in love with his best friend Cody. He lives in a small town where he attends high school and plays baseball and basketball as he learns who he can trust as he comes out of the closet.

For Ted and his collie, Sal, life secluded in the wilds of Yorkshire appears perfect. That is until one day when the world around him changes. What direction will Ted's life take now and how does Jase fit in?

Short Story

Sometimes, strange is in the eye of the beholder.